The holy war made by Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the regaining of the metropolis of the world : or, The losing and taking again of the town of Mansoul . nd fell, by which fall he caught so greata hurt, that he could not rise till Captain Expe-rience did help him up, at which their men wereput in disorder. The captain also was so fnll ofpain, that he could not forbear but to cry outaloud : at this, the other two captains fainted, sup-posing that Captain Credence had received hismortal wound; their men also were more dis-ordered, and had no list to fight. Now Diatolusbeing very observing, though
The holy war made by Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the regaining of the metropolis of the world : or, The losing and taking again of the town of Mansoul . nd fell, by which fall he caught so greata hurt, that he could not rise till Captain Expe-rience did help him up, at which their men wereput in disorder. The captain also was so fnll ofpain, that he could not forbear but to cry outaloud : at this, the other two captains fainted, sup-posing that Captain Credence had received hismortal wound; their men also were more dis-ordered, and had no list to fight. Now Diatolusbeing very observing, though at this time as yethe was put to the worst, perceiving that a haltwas made among the men that were the purs> ers,what does he, but, taking it for granted thai thecaptains were either wounded or dead, he tie re-fore makes at first a stand, then faces about,, mdso comes up upon the Princes army with as nrichof his fury, as hell could help him to ; and his bapwas to fall in just among the three captains, Captain Credence, Captain Good-Hope, and CaptainExperience, and did cut, wound, and pierce themso dreadfully, that what through THE HOLY WAR. 275 what through disorder, and what through theUounds that now they had received, and also theJoss of much blood, they scarce were able,though they had for their power the three besthands in Mansoul, to get safe into the holdagain. Now, when the body of the Princes , , ,, . • Satan «ometimes army saw how these three captains n,akcS5aintseatwere put to the worst, they thought ittheir wisdom to make as safe and good a retreatas they could, and so returned by the sally-portagain; and so there was an end of this presentaction. But Diabolus was so flushed with thisnights work, that he promised himself, in fewJays, an easy and complete conquest over thetown of Mansoul; wherefore, on the day follow-ing, he comes up to the sides thereof with greatboldness, and demands entrance, and that forth-with they deliver themselves up to
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